Hang-arounds, wannabees, "associates" - they earn shit until they make their bones by doing something heavy to prove their worth.

Check out what Eddie Nash (the Wonderland Murders, John Holmes, Johnny Wadd, the porno industry) did in Hollywood. Female hang-arounds had to perform oral sex on him. He knew undercover females wouldn't do it, so he could expose them. Same thing happens to guys - until you prove yourself, I doubt you'll be making much. The apprenticeship can be long.